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Well one of the reasons I bought the D300S was the fact I had owned one before and knew it inside out ?. Well this morning while browsing other bodies I noticed the D3 had auto iso a useful feature for wildlife , which made me wonder if the D300S had it , well bugger me it has ,you live and learn .. watch this space
I've used auto ISO, on and off, mainly in Manual mode.
Set shutter to 1/1000 and stop to f8 and let iso do it's own thing. Problem is, you can get 5000+ISO in typical low light...AND you can't use exposure compensation .....as the auto iso is 'in control' and recompensates for your compensation.
It works ok in S and A modes, as exp compensation priority is given to whichever mode you chose... but you have to be careful what shutter and iso limits you have set ....as these can interfere with this priority.
I read recently about another technique for wildlife which would be interesting to discuss.
1) Set camera to A priority and choose an aperture you want to 'fix'.
2) Meter the DARKEST part of your scene and set your iso to the highest YOU FIND ACCEPTABLE.
The shutter speed will be determined by these two settings. It may be slow but it's for the darkest scenario. In other words if the subject is brighter ...the shutter speed will go faster. But if it's too slow you have to up the ISO or open up the aperture.
Exp comp is available to you and will ONLY affect shutter speed.
Last edited on Sun Jan 27th, 2019 14:38 by Eric
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